Maki Yasuomi (真木 保臣, April 7, 1813 – August 22, 1864) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served as a retainer of the Arima clan of Kurume in northern Kyūshū.
Maki took part in the Kinmon Incident of 1864 and committed suicide near Osaka with his men,[1] after being chased and surrounded by Aizu and Shinsengumi troops.
[3] Combining the teachings he had received from Mitogaku and elsewhere, Maki created a new school of thought called Tenpōgaku, named after the era in which it was founded.
Maki took part in the Kinmon Incident of 1864,[4] and joined in Chōshū's attack on Aizu-Satsuma allied forces in Kyoto; however, he was beaten back.
His death poem was: "My life and Japanese spirit come to an end amid the rocks at the summit of this great mountain" (大山の 峯の岩根に うづみけり わが年月の やまとだましひ, Ōyamano mine no iwane ni uzumikeri waga nengetsu no yamatodamashi e).